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Map of NAIA football programs, 2024 This is a list of schools in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) that have football as a varsity sport. [ 1 ] In the 2024 season , there are a total of 97 NAIA football programs.
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has 237 member colleges and universities for athletic competition in the 2024–25 season. [ 1 ] NAIA institutions
Membership – The NAIA was the first association to admit colleges and universities from outside the United States. The NAIA began admitting Canadian members in 1967. Football – The NAIA was the first association to send a football team to Europe to play. In the summer of 1976, the NAIA sent Henderson State and Texas A&I to play 5 exhibition ...
1976 – The Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association (TIAA) was founded. Charter members included Austin College , McMurry University , Sul Ross State University , Tarleton State University and Trinity University , beginning the 1976–77 academic year.
NAIA schools are allowed to offer 24 full varsity football scholarships which can be divided up as they wish. Junior varsity scholarship players do not count towards the total. Texas A&I (now known as Texas A&M–Kingsville) is still the most prolific program with seven NAIA championships, despite having been in NCAA Division II since 1980.
Texas A&M University–Texarkana: Texarkana, Texas: 1971 Public 1,865 Eagles: 2014 2016 Red River (RRAC) both Trinity Lutheran College [an] Everett, Washington: 1944 Lutheran: 166 Eagles: 2014 2016 Closed in 2016 none Truett McConnell College [bo] Cleveland, Georgia: 1946 Baptist: 1,600 Bears: 2009 2010 Appalachian (AAC) both University of ...
The 1959 Texas A&I Javelinas football team was an American football team that represented the Texas College of Arts and Industries (now known as Texas A&M University–Kingsville) as a member of the Lone Star Conference during the 1959 NAIA football season.
The NAIA Division II football national championship was a post-season playoff system featuring the best NAIA Division II college football teams in the United States. It was played annually between 1970 and 1996 when NAIA football play was divided into two divisions based on school enrollment size; the NAIA Division I football national championship was played separately.